CCadence Design Systems·Software Engineer

Cadence Design Systems Software Engineer interview experience

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Austin, TXPosted Apr 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview started with a hiring-manager discussion on Microsoft Teams that was only about an hour, and it focused on CMOS fundamentals.

We talked about power consumption inside circuits and what drives that power—what counts as major contributors and how to think through the tradeoffs in a design.

After that, the broader technical direction I saw was very analog-heavy: I also faced questions about RC circuits and op-amp design, including how to design an LDO and what considerations matter for it. The style was very explanation-based—connecting circuit behavior back to the underlying concepts.

In another similar circuit-and-systems style track, I also ran into a stricter software-engineering technical interview where the

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